Idaho News 16-Jul

Idaho School District Adopts Fingerprint Scanner for Student Lunches

FOXNews - USA NAMPA, Idaho � School officials in Nampa say they intend to use a new scanning machine to identify students buying school lunches. ...

MSUB Men�s Basketball Inks Idaho Standout

Yellowjackets Athletics - billings,MT,USA Montana State Billings head men�s basketball coach, George Pfeifer, announced Sunday that former University of Idaho standout, Mike Hall, has signed to play ...

Idaho sex offender policies under review

Ontario Argus Observer - Ontario,OR,USA By COREY TAULE and HEATHER WELL IDAHO FALLS (AP) � Members of the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole know the risks. For every 10 inmates they release, ...

Idaho dairyman may reopen Thayne cheese factory

cbs4denver.com - Denver,CO,USA Idaho dairyman Gaylan Clayson is in the process of buying the factory. He says his goal right now is to get the plant going again and make mozzarella cheese ...

ESCO Announces Electric AMI Selection at Idaho Power

MarketWatch - USA today announced that ESCO's Aclara Power-Line Systems Inc. TWACS(R) advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution has been selected by Idaho Power (IPC) ...

Idaho First Bank Reports Results, Stock Offering and New Directors

CNNMoney.com - USA Today, Idaho First Bank (OTCBB: IDFB) reported mid-year financial results. The Bank experienced significant growth during the first half of 2008. ...

At Sun Valley, a Party for Those Who Move the Moguls

New York Times - United States The pilots and flight crews of corporate aircraft enjoy their own barbecue in Sun Valley, Idaho. By TIM ARANGO and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN SUN VALLEY, Idaho � As ...

Idaho Falls Can't Keep Up With Missoula (7/12)

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA The Idaho Falls Chukars lost to the team with the worst record in the Pioneer League Saturday. The now 5-20 Missoula Osprey won on their home field 9-5 in a ...

At Sun Valley, a Party for Those Who Move the Moguls

New York Times - United States By TIM ARANGO and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN SUN VALLEY, Idaho � As dusk settled on the Pioneer Mountains last Thursday, the party was just beginning: a group of ...

Idaho Habitat for Humanity goes green

Southern Idaho Business - Twin Falls,ID,USA "This is the right pathway for this house and our future building," Lay told the Idaho Statesman. Builders will position the house to make the best use of ...

Boise News 16-Jul

Boise as Caesar � Adam Graham

Idaho Examiner - Idaho Falls,ID,USA Adam Parks of the City of Boise insisted that to waive fees was to put Fischer and Swindell above the law. Yet, a quick Google search of the City�s website ...

Vandals selling ticket packages to BSU game this weekend in Boise

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The University of Idaho Bookstore and the University Ticket Office will be in Boise this weekend selling Vandal gear and ticket packages for the Nov. ...

Boise-based MobileDataforce cuts work force

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA BY JOE ESTRELLA - jestrella@idahostatesman.com MobileDataforce, a Boise provider of software applications for hand-held devices, has laid off seven of its ...

Boise River provides recreation for all walks of life

Boise State University The Arbiter Online - Boise,ID,USA �We see increasing use of [the Boise River Greenbelt] annually,� Amy Stahl, community relations coordinator for the City of Boise said. ...

Boise State Night at the Hawks' just in time for pivotal game

Boise State University The Arbiter Online - Boise,ID,USA These major league baseball players all made their way through Boise on their way up to Major League Baseball. Professional baseball has been a part of ...

Car smashes into Boise home; 1st responders have a busy night

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By Vanessa Brown BOISE - Police arrested a Boise man for suspicion of a DUI Tuesday night after he crashed a black Ford Mustang into his neighbors' home. ...

Boise residents voice concerns over inflation

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By Nicole Navarro BOISE - Soaring food and gas prices have some people looking for new ways to make ends meet. "We're just doing what we can," said Heather ...

Houses go up in flames in Boise, Meridian

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE -- Firefighters in Meridian and Boise were kept busy this afternoon battling two separate blazes. One was at 11965 W. Alfred Street in west Boise, ...

Boise woman dies in rollover crash on I-84

Northwest Cable News - Portland,OR,USA BOISE - Idaho State Police say a 46-year-old Boise woman died Monday morning after a rollover crash on Interstate 84 near Bliss. ...

Boise-based high-tech company announces lay-offs

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA MobileDataforce, a Boise provider of software applications for hand-held devices, has laid off seven of its 38 workers in response to a slowing market, ...

Idaho News 16-Jul

Idaho Bancorp Reports Mid-Year Results

CNNMoney.com - USA Today Idaho Bancorp (OTCBB: IDBC) announced that one time charges associated with severance and other employment issues relating to a change in management ...

Idaho rules on 3 recent wolf killings

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - July 15, 2008 4:45 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Fish and Game officials say 2 of 3 recent cases of wolf killings have been declared legal under ...

KELLOGG, Idaho, Jul 15, 2008 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX) -- New ...

MarketWatch - USA is pleased to announce that it has staked another gold prospect near Murray, Idaho. The new prospect known as the Progress is just west of the Niagara ...

News Minute: Here is the latest Idaho news from The Associated Press

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - July 15, 2008 8:44 AM ET NAMPA, Idaho (AP) - School officials in Nampa say they intend to give students the option of using a new scanning machine to ...

Otter kicks off Idaho road show

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Kate Kelly, D-Boise, sent a letter to Otter complaining that he is shutting out Boise, by far Idaho's largest city. Otter transportation official Clete ...

Jacket Hoops Sign Idaho Transfer

KBLG - Billings,MT,USA FORMER IDAHO GUARD MIKE HALL WILL JOIN THE MEN�S BASKETBALL PROGRAM AT MONTANA STATE-BILLINGS. HALL, A NATIVE OF TROY, OHIO, AVERAGED 9.6 POINTS PER GAME ...

Idaho ends fiscal year 2008 with surplus

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The general fund is the largest source of revenue for Idaho, bringing in more than $2.9 billion overall for the year and accounting for nearly 40 percent of ...

N. Idaho part of nationwide summer school cuts

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA By JESSIE L. BONNER BOISE, Idaho � Parents and educators in north Idaho are wondering how students will perform this fall after the Coeur d'Alene School ...

Fire threatens homes in southcentral Idaho

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - July 14, 2008 7:44 PM ET KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) - Rescue officials in the southern Idaho resort town of Hailey say a wildfire inside the city limits has ...

N. Idaho part of nationwide cuts in summer school programs

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By AP BOISE - Parents and educators in northern Idaho are wondering how Coeur d'Alene elementary and middle students will perform in the fall after cuts to ...